Foxconn A85GM - Manual (Page 48)

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bIoS Security features
► Change Supervisor Password
This item is used to install or change supervisor password.
After you input Supervisor password, it then will ask you to input
user password optionally.
If you have installed the Supervisor Password, the following items will appear:
load optimal Defaults
Optimal defaults are the best settings of this motherboard. Always load
the Optimal defaults after updating the BIOS or after clearing the CMOS
values.
Select this option and press Enter, it will pop out a dialogue box to let
you load the defaults. Select and then press to load the
defaults. Select and press , it will not load.
By this default, BIOS have set the optimal performance parameters of system to improve the
performances of system components. But if the optimal performance parameters to be set cannot
be supported by your hardware devices (for example, too many expansion cards were installed),
the system might fail to work.
Save Changes and Exit
When you select this option and press , a message
will be displayed in the center of the screen:
Select [OK] to save your changes to CMOS and exit the pro-
gram, select [Cancel] or to return to the main menu.
Discard Changes and Exit
If you select this option and press , the following message
will be displayed in the center of the screen:
Select [OK] to exit CMOS without saving your modifications,
select [Cancel] or to return to the main menu.
CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 1985-2006, American Megatrends, Inc.
BIOS Security Features
Security Settings Help Item
Supervisor Password : Not Installed Install or change the
User Password : Not Installed password.
Change Supervisor Password [Press Enter]
↑↓←→:Move Enter:Select +/-/:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit
F1:General Help F9:Optimized Defaults
[Press Enter]
Enter New Password :
Load Optimal Defaults?
[OK] [Cancel] [OK]
Save configuration changes and exit setup?
[OK] [Cancel] [OK]
Discard changes and exit setup?
[OK] [Cancel] [OK]